Bookstores in Movies – 2

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The Big Sleep

From IMDB:

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by old General Sternwood to stop a blackmail attempt concerning his youngest daughter Carmen. Marlowe tails the blackmailer Geiger to his house at Laverne Terrace. Suddenly he hears a shot and sees some men rushing out to their cars. He breaks into the house and finds Carmen drugged in a chair, with Geiger’s dead body at her feet. An empty camera proves that a photo has been taken of her and the corpse, probably intended for further blackmailing. A series of clues lead Marlowe to various people involved in gambling. Wherever he finds them, he also finds Sternwood’s oldest daughter Vivian Rutledge, a divorced beauty. She and Marlowe fall in love, although she continues double-crossing him. When Marlowe’s investigations lead him to the casino owner Eddie Mars, the situation becomes very dangerous. Everyone, including the district attorney, advises Marlowe to stop the investigation, but he is stubborn. Eddie Mars has many of henchmen who do his dirty jobs, including murder. But Marlowe decides to set up a trap for Mars himself.

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  1. I have spent many years in bookstores, and the salesgirl has only locked the door & drawn the blinds while we were alone inside 473 times.

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